| Message ID | 20231215203245.3622299-3-gitster@pobox.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Commit | 2047b2c28cb456f60b6e6876e1fc0330e436fad5 |
| Headers | show |
| Series | make room for "special ref" | expand |
diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt index 191b4a42b6..aa02e46224 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ OPTIONS --no-checkout:: + Do not checkout the new working tree at each iteration of the bisection -process. Instead just update a special reference named `BISECT_HEAD` to make +process. Instead just update the reference named `BISECT_HEAD` to make it point to the commit that should be tested. + This option may be useful when the test you would perform in each step
The description of "git bisect --no-checkout" called BISECT_HEAD a "special ref", but there is nothing special about it. It merely is yet another pseudoref. Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> --- Documentation/git-bisect.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)